Erlanger Theatre

21st Street and Market Street,

Philadelphia,
PA19013

from Phila Inquirer obit online today-
Harry Jay Katz, who had been a Philadelphia fixture for a half-century, died Tuesday at Einstein Hospital in Elkins Park. He was 75 and had been admitted a few days earlier after several months at the Hillcrest Center Nursing Home in Wyncote.

Death was from natural causes and he died peacefully, his family said.

Although he was independently wealthy, and was often called a “playboy,” Katz dabbled in a number of ventures, not all successful, rather than just sit on his wealth.

His biggest accomplishment was reopening the magnificent Erlanger Theater at 21st and Market Streets in the late 1960s as a nightclub, café and venue for theater productions.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20160224_Harry_Jay_KatzPhilly_man_about_townhas_died.html#sUoOjQMe7ZHyyM5c.99